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Popular news, October 12 – 18, 2015
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Top news of the week October 12-17, 2015
USA: Cheniere executive accused of insider trading The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it has charged a vice president at a Cheniere unit and his friend with insider trading in the Houston-based LNG player in 2011 and 2012. Construction on Cameron liquefaction project advances Sempra En
Highlights of the Week
Picture of the Day: Vox Maxima in Indonesia Vox Maxima, Van Oord’s largest trailing suction hopper dredging vessel, recently started the dredging operations for the creation of Pluit City, an artificial island in the bay of Jakarta, Indonesia. Ellicott Dredges to Restore Prime Hook Two Ellicott [&
OMS Finalizes Pipe Measurements for Kaombo Off Angola
Optical Metrology Services (OMS) has completed a series of more than 10,000 pipe end measurements for the Kaombo Ultra-Deep Offshore Project in Angola. The work involved end dimensioning, numbering and colour banding of deepsea, fatigue-critical flowline pipe, Steel Catenary Risers and long seam wel
Dutch Consortium Developing Benin Master Plan
Dutch consortium consisting of engineering and consultancy firm Witteveen+Bos and Maritime & Transport Business Solutions B.V. (MTBS) is working on a master plan for the development of the port of Cotonou. In September 2015, the Dutch embassy in Cotonou (Benin) commissioned the consortium to prepare
Oil and gas bosses declare action on climate change
The chief executive officers of 10 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies today declared their collective support for an effective climate change agreement to be reached at next month’s 21st session of the United Nations (UN) Conference of Parties to the UN Framework on Climate Change (COP21).
10 oil majors in joint action against global warming
The chief executive officers of 10 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies – which together provide almost a fifth of all oil and gas production and supply nearly 10% of the world’s energy – today declared their collective support for an effective climate change agreement to be reached at next
Panoro: First oil from Aje expected in January, 2016 (Nigeria)
Panoro Energy ASA, an independent E&P company has announced that the Aje-5 production well located on the OML 113 license, offshore Nigeria, has been successfully completed, and the reservoir has been perforated in the Upper and Lower Cenomanian Oil-bearing zones. In an announcement on Friday, Panor
UNCTAD: Commercial Fleet Marks Slowest Annual Growth in a Decade
The world’s commercial fleet grew less and got older in 2014 than in any other 12-month period in over a decade, with the effects of mergers in liner shipping becoming more prominent, the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2015 reveals. At the beginning of 2015, the fleet totalled 89,464 vessels, w
UNCTAD: Commercial Fleet Marks Slowest Annual Growth in a Decade
The world’s commercial fleet grew less and got older in 2014 than in any other 12-month period in over a decade, with the effects of mergers in liner shipping becoming more prominent, the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2015 reveals. At the beginning of 2015, the fleet totalled 89,464 vessels, w
Facts About Underwater Surveys
The International Association of Dredging Contractors (IADC) has just published a new ‘Facts About’ publication on underwater surveys. ‘Facts About’ is a series of concise, easy-to-read leaflets which give an effective overview of essential facts about specific dredging and maritime construction sub
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference Stronger Than Ever
With 658 exhibitors, 23,000 m2 of floor space, and visitors representing 86 nationalities, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 (OEEC) held in Amsterdam between October 13 and October 14 was not only a big success, the event also grew compared to last year, a remarkable achievement in this t